A nurse is preparing to administer penicillin therapy. The nurse would expect to administer penicillins cautiously to clients with which of the following? Select all that apply
A) History of allergies
B) Diabetes
C) Asthma
D) Bleeding disorders
E) Hypertension
Ans: A, C, D
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Penicillins should be used cautiously in clients with renal disease, asthma, bleeding disorders, GI disease, pregnancy or lactation, and a history of allergies.
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Four weeks after returning from a tropical vacation, a 40-year-old man has presented to the emergency department with malaise, nausea, and "yellow eyes."
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Knowing when and how to use knowledge is referred to as:
a. procedural knowledge. b. cognitive knowledge. c. decision support system. d. wisdom.
The nurse knows that antimalarial drugs are used to treat patients with infections caused by which protozoans
A. Plasmodium spp. B. Candida albicans C. Pneumocystis jirovecii D. Mycobacterioum tuberculosis